Every so often when I read a book I get that feeling that, in cartoons, causes dollar signs to spring from your eyes. I had it when I first read Naomi Novik’s Temeraire, and I had it again reading Seanan McGuire’s Rosemary and Rue.
To start with the book is squarely in the popular urban fantasy mold (but not paranormal romance, males readers please note). The heroine is a fairy private eye living in San Francisco, and McGuire knows how to do a good noir gumshoe. It also has some nice light touches, mainly involving cats. The plot does shuffle poor Toby Daye from one desperate situation to another, but McGuire does it well enough for it not to seem too contrived, and to keep you turning the pages.
If I were an editor, I would have bought this book.
Seanan McGuire herself is a pretty neat person. She actually took the time to chat with me a little after I posted a review of Rosemary and Rue. We’re getting together in a few months for an interview and a review of the next book, A Local Habitation. I honestly think she’s got some great potential and I’m interested to see where she takes the series. I’m glad to see you liked the book. 😉
Seanan has been around fandom for a long time. Oddly enough, despite her being a Bay Area person, our paths haven’t crossed much, but I know people who know her well and they speak highly of her.
Great book, I loved it!